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2017PCSteam Deck verified8.79 €

A 2D puzzle platformer where you explore the interconnected districts of GOA and solve many distinct puzzles along the way.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Open world
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Ascender are Antichamber, Gateways and Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Ascender special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Antichamber

90 %Match

2013PCSteam Deck playable95 % positive18.99 €

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover
  • Pure single-player experience

A surreal first-person puzzler where impossible spaces and geometry defy logic. Short philosophical messages guide you through a minimalist, vivid world full of aha moments.

Gateways

Jumping and platforming

A 2D puzzle-platformer set in an inventor's lab, where you use gateway guns to open paths through walls. Portal-style puzzles meet Metroidvania-style exploration and unlockable abilities.

1000 Amps

Jumping and platforming

As the little plug Plug, you explore a sprawling tree-like network, light up its areas and solve puzzles in a compact Metroidvania-style platformer.

Saira

Jumping and platforming

A metroidvania-style puzzle platformer where photographer Saira, seemingly the last person in the galaxy, explores alien worlds. Its look is built from high-resolution photographs, giving it a mysterious atmosphere.

InFlux

Jumping and platforming

You play a mysterious metal sphere rolling across a deserted island, solving platforming puzzles inside glass cube structures. Calm, abstract environments invite quiet exploration.

Hiiro

Jumping and platforming

Hiiro is a calm 2D platformer where you wander alone through forgotten ruins and solve environmental puzzles. Meditative music and a mysterious sense of solitude create a relaxed, contemplative mood.

You Have to Win the Game

Open world

A free retro platformer styled after early 1980s PC games, where you explore a small world full of hidden routes and secrets in order to win. It playfully toys with genre conventions and has little story or conventional combat.

Refunct

Pure single-player experience

A short, relaxed first-person platformer where you jump across minimalist platforms and press buttons to bring a gray, barren world back to life. Pressure-free, ideal for a quick break or speedrunning.

Boxlife

Pure single-player experience

A tiny first-person metroidvania where you unlock abilities one by one, hunt for secrets and try to break out of the titular box.

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